Day 1: Introduction* You will be creating a memorial to be entered into a competition for middle school students. The Holocaust Memorial Museum has asked middle school students to come together and create an interactive online memorial. You will use the resources you have obtained throughout the course of the unit to create an interesting and engaging memorial that captures the life of the chosen individual or the life in a certain concentration camp or ghetto. You will do this step by step, collecting the items you want to include and slowly building the project with plenty of assistance and feedback along the way.
To start you off and give you some ideas, we are going to share an example of what types of presentations would be most successful. Get inspired by the presentation and branch off with your own ideas!
Today we go through the Capzles program so you are familiar. Step by step you will learn how to use the resources located below to contribute all different types of elements into your Capzles.
Once everyone is familiar with the program and is comfortable working with all of the resources, we will be brainstorming your ideas for the remainder of the day. Using the program Inspiration to build a chart of ideas, you will choose your topic of a specific person or camp and begin planning out the types of pieces you will include in your Capzles project. You should make sure you check out all of the resources and ideas located below these instructions if you are having trouble coming up with ideas or starting off! Use the teacher as a resource and be sure to focus on something that sparks your interest so that your project will have extra edge!
Day 2: Lets Get Started!* Since you have been introduced to the program and have had a chance to get to know it, day 2 will be a work day where you will spend the entire class researching, gathering yours products and information, and putting together your memorial presentation.
Throughout the work day, you will be able to collaborate with one another for questions and ideas if you so choose. You will primarily work alone to keep focus and get ahead with your information!
Student/Teacher meetings will also being going on throughout the period! Keep your ideas organized and ready for explanation so it is easy for us to establish your goals and areas where you might need a little extra support!
If need be, we will extend and provide more work days/time for you guys, so don't rush to fit everything in! Take your time and get to the facts and information you really believe will be powerful! The more meaningful the project is, the better it will be in your presentations!
Day 3: Test it out* Today we are going to split up into groups where you will all do small mock presentations.
Each group will be a mock panel and you will all go through your presentations in front of your group to get some feedback on your ideas and your progress.
Once the panel presentations are complete and you have all received your feedback and new ideas, their will be work time for the remainder of the class period. This gives you a chance to get into applying that feedback and make your finishing touches on the presentations.
Day 4: Show Off Your Work.* The students will aid in helping to set up the memorial presentation in the school gym. Helping the teachers to set up chairs, the ballot box, ballots, welcome signs, the projector and screen, etc.
Here is where the students really get to shine. Members from the community will come to your well organized and well advertised event where they get to show to the community all the work that they have done and let them decide which project should be sent off for the Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Each attendant will receive a ballot to fill out. This ballot (located in the evaluation section) has the names of each student, what they are presenting, a space for comments (to jog their memory later), and a check box beside each name so that at the end they can check off one student who they feel really did a great job. They will leave these in the ballot box, on their way out, after the presentations are complete.
Self-Asses, the students will get a chance after the presentation to self asses. They will fill out the same evaluation form that the teachers will be evaluating them on as well (located in the evaluation section).
After all is said and done and all the ballots are collected, the teachers will count the ballots and figure out who won!
Congratulate all the student on a GREAT JOB. Then send the Winner off.
WebQuest Process and Web Resources
- To start you off and give you some ideas, we are going to share an example of what types of presentations would be most successful. Get inspired by the presentation and branch off with your own ideas!
- Today we go through the Capzles program so you are familiar. Step by step you will learn how to use the resources located below to contribute all different types of elements into your Capzles.
- Once everyone is familiar with the program and is comfortable working with all of the resources, we will be brainstorming your ideas for the remainder of the day. Using the program Inspiration to build a chart of ideas, you will choose your topic of a specific person or camp and begin planning out the types of pieces you will include in your Capzles project. You should make sure you check out all of the resources and ideas located below these instructions if you are having trouble coming up with ideas or starting off! Use the teacher as a resource and be sure to focus on something that sparks your interest so that your project will have extra edge!
Day 2: Lets Get Started!* Since you have been introduced to the program and have had a chance to get to know it, day 2 will be a work day where you will spend the entire class researching, gathering yours products and information, and putting together your memorial presentation.- Throughout the work day, you will be able to collaborate with one another for questions and ideas if you so choose. You will primarily work alone to keep focus and get ahead with your information!
- Student/Teacher meetings will also being going on throughout the period! Keep your ideas organized and ready for explanation so it is easy for us to establish your goals and areas where you might need a little extra support!
- If need be, we will extend and provide more work days/time for you guys, so don't rush to fit everything in! Take your time and get to the facts and information you really believe will be powerful! The more meaningful the project is, the better it will be in your presentations!
Day 3: Test it out* Today we are going to split up into groups where you will all do small mock presentations.- Each group will be a mock panel and you will all go through your presentations in front of your group to get some feedback on your ideas and your progress.
- Once the panel presentations are complete and you have all received your feedback and new ideas, their will be work time for the remainder of the class period. This gives you a chance to get into applying that feedback and make your finishing touches on the presentations.
Day 4: Show Off Your Work.* The students will aid in helping to set up the memorial presentation in the school gym. Helping the teachers to set up chairs, the ballot box, ballots, welcome signs, the projector and screen, etc.Videos:
Online Museums
Helpful Websites
Pictures and Timelines